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What the world's news said happened to people.
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10,300 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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The news turned to violence in Bogota, plane crash in China and volcanic eruption in the Philippines. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostColombia 44 in 100 of its 202 stories, usually 27
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

88 of its 202 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Bogota accounted for 77 of Colombia's 88 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (82 stories). Illness was named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and tsunami.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

153 of its 370 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Jeddah accounted for 99 of Saudi Arabia's 153 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

9 of its 22 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 19 of Yemen's 32 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

18 of its 21 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

25 of its 49 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tigray accounted for 20 of Ethiopia's 25 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets.

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Health

Qatar

31 of its 138 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Antarctica (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Russia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in UK (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 Mar. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 10,300 stories about harm among 46,556 counted on 26 Mar.

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Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in the Philippines' news. of the day's 46,556 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 26 March 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Colombia's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ukraine47 in 100 of its 1,820 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan46 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Colombia44 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia43 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Philippines42 in 100 of its 384 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 290 Washington US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Moscow Russia30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Kabul Afghanistan29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46 Denver US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readIraq: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualMassachusetts, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsShenyang, China -- health: 10 stories, carried by 83 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 77 stories, carried by 75 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsLahore, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 15 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 17 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 20 stories, carried by 51 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Shenyang China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 77 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Lahore Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health41% 4,123 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 1,850 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,636 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,009 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 492 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 432 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 347 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 268 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed2,491 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests796 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured676 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees417 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations132 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions97 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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